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126  IRELAND REGION B Y REGION

Ireland at a Glance

The lure of Ireland’s much-vaunted Atlantic shores, from
the wild coastline of Cork and Kerry to the remote
peninsulas of the Northwest, is strong. However, to neglect
the interior would be to miss out on Ireland’s equally
characteristic landscapes of lush valleys, dark peatlands
and unruffled loughs. Most regions are rich in historic
sights: from world-famous Neolithic sites in the Midlands NORTHWEST
IRELAND
to imposing Norman castles in the North and Palladian (See pp224–39) Coleraine
mansions in the Southeast. Londonderry
Yeats Country is a (Derry) Larne
charming part of County
Connemara National Sligo closely associated
Park in County Galway with WB Yeats. The poet Donegal NORTHERN Antrim
boasts stunning was born here and is buried IRELAND
landscapes in which within sight of Ben Bulben’s (See pp258–89) Neagh Belfast
Lough
mountains and lakes ridge (see pp236–7).
are combined with a
dramatic Atlantic Enniskillen Armagh
coastline. The extensive Sligo
blanket bogs and Newry
moorland are rich in Ballina Lough
wildlife and unusual Allen Dundalk
plants (see p212). Cavan
Boyle
Westport
THE WEST THE MIDLANDS Drogheda
Lough OF IRELAND (See pp240–57)
Mask (See pp204–23)
Mullingar DUBLIN
Lough (See pp56–123)
Corrib Athlone
Dublin
Galway Dun Laoghaire
Kildare
Bunratty Castle Portlaoise
(see pp196–7) Wicklow
THE LOWER Roscrea
SHANNON Carlow
(See pp184–203)
The Rock of Cashel, a forti fied Shannon Kilkenny
medieval abbey, perches on a Limerick SOUTHEAST
limestone outcrop in the heart of 0 kilometres 50 IRELAND
County Tipperary. It boasts some 0 miles 25 (See pp128–55)
of Ireland’s finest Romanesque Tipperary
sculpture (see pp200–201).
Tralee Wexford
Waterford
Mallow
Killarney
Cork
CORK AND KERRY
(See pp156–83)

Bantry House
(see pp172–3)
The Lakes of Killarney, flanked by the lush, wooden
slopes of some of the country’s highest mountains,
are the principal attraction in the southwest of Ireland
(see pp166–7).
Quaint waterfront Irish cottage at sunset

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